Robert Redford, Shia LaBeouf coming to Vancouver to film thriller

Nick Nolte is also rumoured to join the cast

Robert Redford will be coming to Vancouver to film The Company You Keep.

Photograph by: REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

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VANCOUVER -- A star-studded cast of heartthrobs for all ages will be coming to Vancouver this September to film The Company You Keep.

Robert Redford will direct and act in the political thriller, which includes Transformers hunk Shia LaBeouf as an ambitious young reporter. Nick Nolte is also rumoured to be in negotiations to join the film.

Redford famously played investigative reporter Bob Woodward in All The President’s Men, but for his next project, he’ll be running from LaBeouf.

The thriller is about a former Weather Underground militant who has been living under a fake identity for 30 years. LaBeouf learns his true identity and Redford’s character goes on the run.

The movie was written by Lem Dobbs (Haywire, The Limey), based on Neil Gordon’s novel.

The movie is in pre-production and will film in Vancouver starting from Sept. 13 to Nov. 10 at the Bridge Studios on Burnaby's Boundary Road, where scenes from Underworld 4, Endgame, This Means War and Final Destination 5 were recently cut.

Matt Damon is here in Hollywood North filming blockbuster alien flick Elysium, and Jodie Foster was here earlier this month. Cameras will be rolling until Sept. 27 at various locations, including Bridge Studios.

Rose McGowan is in Vancouver this week working on TV movie The Pastor's Wife.

Also here briefly this summer is big-budget flick GI Joe 2: Cobra Strikes, from Aug. 5-9 at Lions Gate Studios on Brooksbank Ave. in North Vancouver. However, the four-day filming stint suggests it may just be for reshoots and the big-name actors probably won’t be flying in on this occasion.

All eyes will certainly be turned to the sky for Superman come Sept. 21, when Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel soars into Hollywood North until Jan. 21. Its star-studded cast includes Kevin Costner, Amy Adams as Lois Lane, Russell Crowe, and the less-known actor Henry Cavill as Clark Kent.

A number of TV movies and series have been filming around Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley in recent weeks, including Deck the Halls, Supernatural, Fringe and many more.